Category: SharePoint

Folders provide a single faceted, single point of failure that has limited users and caused inefficiency and risk across Enterprises for years. This is largely due to the nature of a folder. It provides a single source of storage with security options, but once you start nesting folders it creates a single path that may …

Microsoft has updated their capacity limits with the Service Pack 1 release for SharePoint 2010. Full details of the new limits can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx This is an update to my previous post found here: http://thebitsthatbyte.com/know-your-limits-capacity-planning-in-sharepoint-2010/ A few key considerations to keep in mind in relation to content database sizing, per TechNet, are as follows: …

Folders and departmentalization are the enemy of collaboration. There I said it, straightforward and to the point… and while this is no great epiphany, it brings to the forefront the constant crusade of Enterprise Content Management (notice I said Enterprise, not electronic)… What exactly is the point of sharing? So many organizations claim they want …

The update that lifts the Document Set Routing Limit of 50 MB has been posted as a hotfix. With this fix in place, Document Sets over 50 MB can now be routed to their destination. Previous to this, users would receive an error such as follows: “The <Records Center Display Name> site refused the submission. …

While a primary focus of Records Management is to determine and maintain records per their retention period, there is always the end state… the day of disposition. When considering Electronic Records Management (ERM), records should be treated the same as any physical record in that the record is retained and then disposed per its legal …

Concurrency has been working closely with Microsoft to lift the limitation on the routing of Document Sets. Currently, a limit of 50 MB has been set. However, after investigation and testing of an update to SharePoint, Microsoft will lift the size limitation and provide a recommended limit of 250 MB. For those who require routing …

SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been announced with a expected end of June release. Complete details on the announcement of Service Pack 1 for Office and SharePoint 2010 can be found at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2011/05/16/announcing-service-pack-1-for-office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010.aspx Details are forthcoming, but highlights for SharePoint 2010 SP1 include: Better alignment between Project Server and SharePoint Server browser support. …

SharePoint 2010 is a great tool, and far improved over SharePoint 2007… but here are a few items that could help take SharePoint to the next level. 1) Global navigation across site collections with security trimming. 2) Global Content Rollups, including out of the box Data Views. 3) Metadata based security (Ex. A document tagged …

Currently, “when you use the Send to feature with a Document Set, the sum for all documents in a Document Set cannot be larger than 50MB” (Source: TechNet). This limitation has caused a burden for many organizations as they easily extend beyond 50 MB but still require the routing of Document Sets for scenarios such …